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 (4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply appropriately insofar as legal provisions refer to regulations no longer valid or to institutions no longer in existence.

(1) Administrative organs and other institutions serving the public administration or administration of justice, which are not based on Land law or treaties between Laender, as well as the amalgamated management of the South West German railways and the Administrative Council for the post and telecommunications service of the French Zone of Occupation, shall be under the Federal Government The latter shall, with the approval of the Bundesrat, regulate the transfer, dissolution, or liquidation of such bodies.

(2) The highest disciplinary authority for the personnel of these administrations and establishments shall be the competent Federal Minister.

(3) Public law corporations and institutions not directly supervised by a Land and not based on treaties between Laender, shall be under the supervision of the competent highest federal authority.

The legal status of persons, including the refugees and expellees who were employed in the public service on 8 May 1945 and who have left service for reasons other than those based on civil service or tariff regulations, and who hitherto have not been employed or not in a position corresponding to their former one, shall be regulated by federal legislation. The same shall apply to persons, including the refugees and expellees who were entitled to a pension or other assistance on 8 May 1945, and who no longer receive such or something equivalent for reasons other than those based on civil service or tariff regulations. Without prejudice to other regulations by Land law, legal claims may not be raised until the federal law comes into force. Rh